I've been patiently awaiting the arrival of my Brescian Wheelock castings from Blackelys and Sons for about a month now. No sign of them yet, so about a week ago I sent them an email asking if they have been shipped yet. No response after about 5 days, so I sent the email again. I finally got a response from them today. They said that they have been having trouble with their spam filter (shouldn't be too hard to fix) and they have been experiencing a strike of mail workers (seems like they should have let their customers know). Anyway, Kevin Blackely promised that he would personally pack the parts and put them in the mail this week. Looking forward to tinkering with them soon. Maybe by Christmas????